Three held over fatal house fire in Co Down

Three people are tonight being questioned in a murder investigation into the death of a man who died in a fire at his Co Down…

Three people are tonight being questioned in a murder investigation into the death of a man who died in a fire at his Co Down home.

Three women in the house at Hillfoot Crescent, Ballynahinch, escaped the fire uninjured when it broke out the early hours of the morning.

The victim, a 61-year-old man who has not yet been named, died in hospital from extensive burns several hours after the fire in his ground floor flat.

The fire service said the blaze had been relatively small and confined to the bedroom area of the flat. Police issued an appeal for people who had attended a house party in Hillfoot Crescent to contact them.

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